"The more I experience reality, the more I am convinced Earth is a lifeboat: a survival colony for homo sapiens who fled natural disasters from changes in the solar system."
Well, there's our problem right there! We need to abandon planets altogether and mine the asteroids for material to build space habitats with!
"Could there be motive for a government agenda (or those who monopolize energy generation, same thing) to keep space exploration in a pre-adolescent phase, given for each dollar generated for the space program regenerates $8 for the public sector's benefit?"
A public that pressures them to do so. Same public that thinks NASA gets 20% (http://si.academia.edu/RogerLaunius/Papers/93299/_Public_Opinion_Polls_and_Perceptions_of_US_Human_Spaceflight_) of the nation's budget.
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Date: 19/7/11 01:45 (UTC)Well, there's our problem right there! We need to abandon planets altogether and mine the asteroids for material to build space habitats with!
"Could there be motive for a government agenda (or those who monopolize energy generation, same thing) to keep space exploration in a pre-adolescent phase, given for each dollar generated for the space program regenerates $8 for the public sector's benefit?"
A public that pressures them to do so. Same public that thinks NASA gets 20% (http://si.academia.edu/RogerLaunius/Papers/93299/_Public_Opinion_Polls_and_Perceptions_of_US_Human_Spaceflight_) of the nation's budget.